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For statutory provisions authorizing establishment of restrictive use districts, see RCW 35.63.110.
In order to classify, regulate, restrict and segregate the uses of lands and buildings, to regulate and restrict the height and size of buildings, to regulate the area of yards and other open spaces about buildings, and to regulate the density of population, the following classes of use districts and subdistricts are established:
Use Districts
RO
Residential open space
RS-6
Single-family residential, 6,000 square feet
RS-11
Single-family residential, 11,000 square feet
RML
Limited multiple-family residential
RMH
Multiple-family residential
NB
Neighborhood business
HC
Highway commercial
C
Commercial
OP
Office park
LI
Light industrial
HI
Heavy industrial
(Ord. 485 § 2.01, 1971; Ord. 1322 § 1, 1997; Ord. 1361 § 1, 1998; Ord. 1505 § 11, 2001; Ord. 1578 § 6, 2004)
A. 
On the effective date of the ordinance codified in this title the provisions of this chapter shall apply to and govern the use or maintenance or keeping of any land or other property in the city, exclusive of streets, alleys and public lands used or reserved for governmental purposes as provided by law.
B. 
The city shall be divided by the city council into parts, and each such part may be subdivided into units for purposes of imposing or establishing districts and subdistricts on land and property. Such parts or units may be zoned and rezoned whenever the city council, after investigation and report by the planning commission, finds that public convenience, the general welfare or good zoning practice justifies such action.
(Ord. 485 § 2.02, 1971)
The matrix set forth below summarizes the permitted and conditional uses for the commercial districts of Chapters 20.52 (neighborhood business), 20.54 (office park), 20.56 (commercial), 20.58 (highway commercial), 20.60 (light industrial) and 20.64 (heavy industrial) PMC. The provisions of these chapters shall control over inconsistent parts of the matrix. For purposes of the matrix, the following acronyms shall refer to the following terms:
OP
Office Park
NB
Neighborhood Business
LI
Light Industrial
HI
Heavy Industrial
C
Commercial
A
Agriculture
HC
Highway Commercial
P
Permitted (where no number is present, all levels of the use type are allowed)
C
Requires conditional use permit
G
Grandfathered
NOS
No outdoor storage
Number
Refers to level of use type allowed (see Chapter 20.06 PMC for descriptions of levels of uses)
USE CATEGORIES AND TYPES
OP
LI
C
HC
NB
HI
Residential Use Category
Duplex
Fraternity and sorority house
Group home
Indoor emergency housing1
C
C
Indoor emergency shelter1
C
C
Mobile home park
Multifamily housing
Nursing home
Permanent supportive housing1
C
C
Senior housing
Transitional housing1
C
C
Adult family home
P
P
P
Civic Use Category
Administrative and government facilities and services
P
P
P
P
P
Day-care centers
P
P
P
P
P
Community and cultural services
C
C
P
P
P
Educational facilities
C
C
C
C
C
Health services
P
P
P
P
P
Postal services
P
P
P
P
P
Recreation, nonprofit
P1, 4
P1, 4
C4
C4
C4
Religious assembly
C
C
C
C
C
Public safety services
P1, 2
P1, 2; C3
P1, 2
P1
C1
Transportation
P1; C2, 3
P1; C2, 3
P1; C2, 3
P1; C2, 3
Utilities or public maintenance facilities
C1
P1, 2
P1; C2
P1; C2
C1, 2
Utilities Use Category
Communication or cellular facilities
P
P; C1, 2, 3
P1, 2
P1, 2
C1, 2
Electrical facilities
C
C
C
C
C
Electrical generation facilities
Natural gas facilities
P1, 3
P1, 3
P1, 3
P1
Organic waste processing facilities
Pipelines
P
P
P
P
P
Sewage collection facilities
P
P
P
C
P
Stormwater facilities
P
P
P
P
P
Waste disposal facilities
Waste transfer facilities
P1; C2
P1; C2
P1; C2
Water supply facilities
P1; C2
P
P1
P1
P1
Office/Business Use Category
Administrative and professional offices
P
P
P
P
C
Educational services
C
C
P
P
C
Resource Use Category
Agricultural sales
P
P
P1
Agricultural services
C
P
P
C
Animal production, boarding and slaughtering
C1
C1
Crop production
C1
P2
P
P2
Fish hatcheries and aquaculture
C
C
Forestry
P1; C2
P1; C2
P1
Mineral extraction
Commercial Use Category
Adult business
C
Amusement and recreation
P1, 2
P1, 2
P1, 2
Building materials and garden supplies
P
P
P
P1
Bulk fuel dealers
C
C
Business services
P
P
P
P
P
Buy-back recycling center
P
P
C
Commercial centers
C
P
C
Eating and drinking establishment
P
P
P
P
Food stores
P1; C2
P1, 2
P
P
P1
Lodging
P1, 2
P2
Mobile, manufactured and modular homes and office sales
P
P
C
Motor vehicles and related equipment sales/rental/repair and services
P
P1, 2, 3, 4
P1, 2
Personal services
C1
C
P
P
C1
Storage
C
P
P
Pet sales and services
P1
P1
P
P
C
Rental and repair services
P
P
P
C1
Sales of general merchandise
P
P
P
P1
Swap meet (PMC § 20.06.080, sales of general merchandise)
C
P1; C2, 3
C
Wholesale trade
P1
P
P
C1
Industrial Use Category
Basic manufacturing
C3, 5
C3, 5
P
Contractor yards
P
P
P
Food and related products
C
P
C
P
Industrial services and repair
P1
P1
C1
P
Intermediate manufacturing and intermediate/final assembly (See PMC § 20.06.110)
Motion picture/television and radio production studios
C
P
P
P
C
P
Off-site hazardous waste treatment and storage facilities
C
Printing, publishing and related industries
P1
P1, 2
P1
P1
C
Recycling processor
P1; C2
P
Salvage yards/vehicle storage facilities
C
Warehousing, distribution and freight movement
P1
P
P
P
1 Indoor emergency housing, indoor emergency shelter, permanent supportive housing, and transitional housing performance standards are contained in PMC § 20.68.200.
(Ord. 1361 § 2, 1998; Ord. 1379 § 1, 1998; Ord. 1780 § 4, 2010; Ord. 1782 §§ 1, 2, 2010; Ord. 1828 § 4, 2012; Ord. 1980 § 2, 2018; Ord. 2029 § 2, 2020; Ord. 2053 § 2, 2022; Ord. 2054 § 2, 2022; Ord. 2119 § 1 (Exh. A), 2025)
The location and geographic boundaries of various districts and subdistricts shall be shown on a map or maps, setting forth the district and subdistrict classifications applicable to the land and property contained in the zoning map.
(Ord. 485 § 2.03, 1971)
The zoning map may, for convenience of use and for purposes of more readily identifying locations within such zoning map, be subdivided into units; and such parts and units may be separately employed for identification purposes when amending the zoning map or for any official reference to the zoning map.
(Ord. 485 § 2.04, 1971)
Where a public street or alley is officially vacated, the zoning regulations applicable to abutting property on each side of the centerline shall apply up to the centerline of such vacated street or alley on each respective side thereof.
(Ord. 485 § 2.06(C), 1971)
Areas of dedicated streets or alleys and railroad rights-of-way, other than those designated on the zoning map as being classified in one of the districts provided in this title, shall be deemed to be unclassified and, in the case of railroad rights-of-way, permitted to be used solely for the purpose of accommodating tracks, signals, and other operative devices and the movement of rolling stock.
(Ord. 485 § 2.06(D), 1971)
Public land acquired by persons, firms or corporations, prior to the adoption of the ordinance codified in this title, shall be limited to the use for which the land was acquired and/or any established for the most restrictive abutting district. Development of public land acquired subsequent to the passage of the ordinance codified in this title shall conform to the district in which it is located. In the event public land is sold for private development it will be rezoned by the city to conform with the comprehensive plan prior to the sale.
(Ord. 485 § 2.07, 1971)
In order to afford zoning protection to newly annexed areas where zoning regulations are not adopted before the annexation pursuant to RCW 35A.14.330, interim zoning classifications and regulations shall be established as provided in this chapter. The provisions of Chapter 16.80 PMC regarding amendments to this title shall not apply to action authorized by this section.
(Ord. 485 § 2.08, 1971; Ord. 1268 § 1, 1995)
An area annexed to the city shall be zoned in accordance with implementation of the comprehensive plan.
(Ord. 485 § 2.08, 1971; Ord. 1268 § 2, 1995; Ord. 1505 § 11, 2001)